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We have meat rabbits! Well, we have a breeding trio whose offspring will be our meat. The breed we decided to have is silver fox, a heritage breed. Harley had purchased cages and supplies from Bass Equipment, and we’ll post an article detailing the rabbitry once the rabbits are settled in. For now, enjoy the […]

We collected the first egg from our flock today! For a couple of weeks we’ve been eagerly anticipating the arrival of eggs. The earliest chickens are known to lay is 16 weeks, but the breeds we have typically lay later than that. This egg came at 19.5 weeks. For the hen that laid the egg, […]

Here at Independence Homestead, a big part of being self-sufficient is being able to get through an emergency. In our area there was a huge storm on Friday night. While our homestead came through the storm just fine, over 200,000 people in our county were still without power 24 hours later. Plus several areas had […]